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WorksheetsQ1 - PSPO
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
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1.
The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:
a)
Technical and architectural work that needs to be done first, as indicated by the chief enterprise architect
b)
High impact changes that have not been approved by the change request board
c)
Nothing. The entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions
d)
Work for which impediments exist that the Scrum Master still needs to resolve
2.
Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do?
a)
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement
b)
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements
c)
Assign a responsible team member for at least one improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective
d)
Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective
3.
Which activities will a Product Owner likely engage in during a Sprint? Select three answers.
a)
Participate in Daily Scrums
b)
Update the Sprint burn-down chart
c)
Reorder the Product Backlog items
d)
Answer developers questions about the Sprint Backlog items
e)
Create new items in the Product Backlog
4.
What technique should be used for representing Product Backlog Items
a)
User Stories
b)
Use Cases
c)
Scenarios
d)
Acceptance Tests
e)
Any technique, even a mix of several techniques
5.
Scrum framework consists of... Select two answers.
a)
Product Development Processes
b)
Scrum Teams
c)
Scrum Standards
d)
Roles, events, artifacts, and rules associated with Scrum Teams
6.
What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?
a)
Effort first, then value
b)
The availability of resources and skills for implementation
c)
Development cohesion as indicated by the Development Team
d)
Lowest development cost in order to maximize ROI
e)
Whatever is most appropriate for the Product Owner to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value received
7.
A Scrum Team failed to meet the Sprint objectives. One of the key members of the Development Team fell ill and was away for 3 days right at the beginning of the 4-week Sprint. What is the most likely reason that the Team did not meet the Sprint objectives?
a)
The Development Team is over-worked
b)
The Development Team is lacking skills
c)
The Team did not plan the Sprint effectively
d)
The Product Owner is unable to prioritize
8.
How should "Done" be defined when multiple Scrum Teams are working on a single product?
a)
Each Scrum Team must define and use their own Definition of Done
b)
The Scrum Master defines when the item is Done
c)
All Scrum Teams work towards an integrated Definition of Done
9.
Which of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? Select three answers.
a)
Sprint Review
b)
Sprint Retrospective
c)
Release Planning
d)
Refinement
e)
Daily Scrum
10.
What is the time-box for a Sprint Review?
a)
4 hours for a monthly Sprint
b)
2 hours for a monthly Sprint
c)
As long as needed
d)
1 day
11.
Why does the Development Team need a Sprint Goal?
a)
A Sprint Goal ensures that all of the product Backlog items selected for the Sprint are implemented.
b)
A Sprint Goal only gives purpose to sprint O
c)
The Development Team is more focused with a common and specific goal
d)
Sprint Goals are not valuable. Everything is known from the Product Backlog
12.
lf burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend line through a release burndown chart indicate?
a)
When all work will be completed so the Scrum Team can be released for other work
b)
The evolution of the cost spent on the project
c)
When the project will over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to any new work that is added
d)
When the work remaining will be likely completed if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or the Development Team
13.
When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item?
a)
Whenever a tea m member can accommodate mover work
b)
During the Daly Scrum
c)
Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each can be done by an individual Development Team member
d)
At the Sprint planning meeting
14.
When is a Product Backlog item considered complete?
a)
When the item has no work remaining in order to be released
b)
When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished
c)
When QA reports that the item passes all acceptance criteria
d)
At the end of the Sprint
15.
lf burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
a)
Accumulated cost
b)
Individual worker productivity
c)
Accumulated business value delivered to the customer
d)
Work remaining across time
16.
When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their increments be integrated in every Sprint?
a)
Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies
b)
Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done
c)
No, each Scrum Team stands alone
d)
No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint
17.
What does the Scrum Development Team attempt to develop at every Sprint?
a)
A product that is ready for customer delivery
b)
A completed Sprint Backlog
c)
A product that is ready for QA testing
d)
A product increment that is potentially-ready for customer delivery
18.
Which of the following meeting is not part of Scrum?
a)
Sprint retrospective
b)
Sprint planning
c)
Product review
d)
Sprint review
19.
The purpose of a Sprint is to have a working increment of product done before the Sprint Review.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Who determines whether the development team has been assigned enough work in a Sprint?
a)
Development Team
b)
Product Owner
c)
Product Owner and Scrum Master
d)
Scrum Master
21.
Which statement best describes what it means for an activity to be time-boxed?
a)
The activity must take place on a particular date
b)
The activity must start at a particular time
c)
There is a maximum time limit for the activity
d)
There is a recommended amount of time for the activity
22.
From the activities given, which is the latest step in sequence of the Scrum framework?
a)
Daily Scrum
b)
Sprint Retrospective
c)
Sprint Review
d)
Sprint Planning
23.
What is the major difference between Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog?
a)
The Product Backlog is equal to the Sprint Backlog
b)
The Product Backlog is a subset of the Sprint Backlog
c)
The Sprint Backlog is a subset of the Product Backlog
d)
The Sprint Backlog is owned by the Product Owner
24.
A sustainable pace means...
a)
If the team members work long hours regularly they will get used to it and be able to sustain it
b)
A 40 hours week is only for the weaker members of the team. Others can do more
c)
The team should establish a velocity which can be sustained within normal working hours
d)
Working long hours is the only way to deliver on time
25.
Which is the Scrum way of doing things?
a)
To produce working product of the right quality, early and incrementally
b)
To produce working product after documentation has been signed off
c)
To produce simple prototypes early, but no finished product until the end of the project
d)
To produce products without technical integrity, but re-engineer later
26.
The Product Owner role in Scrum...
a)
Has no control over the prioritization of delivered features
b)
Has total control over the prioritization of features
c)
Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of features, but the developers have the final decision
d)
Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of features, but the stakeholders have the final decision
27.
Which of the following is not a Product Owner's responsibility?
a)
Prioritizing the product backlog
b)
Keeping the product backlog up to date
c)
Inspecting work at sprint review
d)
Assigning tasks to team members during the sprint
28.
One of the development stages you would expect to see a team go through is...
a)
Storming
b)
Warming
c)
Cloning
d)
Yawning
29.
What is mainly defined by the Scrum Framework? Select two answers.
a)
Rules & Roles
b)
Development Team composition
c)
Document guidelines
d)
Artifacts and events
30.
The Sprint Review is just a demo of the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint. Do you agree?
a)
No, the Sprint Review contains much more activities
b)
No, the demo also should include the Items completed in the previous Sprints that were not demonstrated for some reason
c)
Yes. There is no much difference
31.
What is the effect of having a large visible story board on a wall?
a)
It removes the need to create any other reports for management
b)
It continuously communicates progress within the team and to other stakeholders
c)
It allows the Project Manager to allocate tasks to specific team members
d)
It is restrictive, as it does not allow the team to innovate and change
32.
What are the major properties of a cross-functional Development Team?
a)
The team is able to complete the project according to the planning, after the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner
b)
The team has all the skills on board, needed to accept collective ownership for the next product increment
c)
All team members have the knowledge and experience needed to deliver the correct product increment
d)
The team comprises competence teams dedicated to particular domains like specialised testing or business analysis to facilitate deliverance of the highest business value
33.
The length of a Sprint should be...
a)
Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner
b)
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business
c)
No more than one month
d)
All of these answers are correct
34.
What is the role of Management in Scrum?
a)
Continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team
b)
Monitor the Development Team's productivity
c)
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence and intelligent release of software
d)
Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough
35.
It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?
a)
The Product Owner and the Development Team
b)
The Product Owner and all stakeholders
c)
The Scrum Master, the project manager and the Development Team
d)
The Development Team
37.
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
a)
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does
b)
Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
c)
Keeping stakeholders at bay
d)
Directing the Development Team
38.
Who is responsible for monitoring progress toward high-level goals?
a)
Product Owner
b)
Scrum Master and Development Team
c)
Scrum Master
d)
Product Owner and Development Team
39.
The structure of the Daily Scrum is well-defined and constant. Every team member should answer the three main questions: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Do I see any impediment?
a)
True
b)
False
40.
In which meetings the Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate?
a)
Sprint Retrospective
b)
Sprint Review
c)
Sprint Planning
d)
Daily Scrum
41.
Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?
a)
Scrum Master
b)
Development Team
c)
Product Owner and Scrum Master
d)
Key Stakeholders
e)
Product Owner
42.
What belongs solely to the Development Team?
a)
Increment
b)
Definition of Done
c)
Product Backlog
d)
Sprint Backlog
43.
Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?
a)
Scrum Master
b)
Scrum Team
c)
Product Owner and Development Team
d)
Product Owner
e)
Development Team
44.
Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?
a)
Scrum Master
b)
Development Team
c)
Product Owner
d)
Scrum Team
45.
Which statement is true about the projects which has multiple teams?
a)
It should have one Product Backlog and one Product Owner
b)
It should have one Product Backlog and multiple Product Owners
c)
It should have multiple Product Backlogs and one Product Owner
d)
It should have multiple Product Backlogs and Multiple Product Owners
46.
Even though the Scrum Team is following the Scrum framework entirely and their project is going well, the organization as a whole does not have a good understanding of Scrum, which makes some troubles for the Scrum Team. Who should try to fix it?
a)
Product Owner
b)
Scrum Master
c)
Development Team
d)
A subset of the Development Team assigned to this task
47.
Product Backlog Refinement practice focuses on Items for upcoming Sprints, not the current Sprint in progress.
a)
False
b)
True
48.
For a Scrum Team, the Sprint Planning meetings are always going beyond the time-boxing. What could be the likely causes? Select two answers.
a)
The Scrum Master does not moderate and control the participants
b)
The Team didn't invest enough into Backlog Refinement
c)
The Product Backlog size is huge
d)
The Development Team is trying to get a perfect and detailed Sprint plan
49.
The formal opportunities for Inspection and Adaptation are...
a)
Sprint
b)
Definition of Done
c)
Product Increment
d)
None of the above
50.
How many hours per day should a Development Team member work?
a)
At least 6 hours
b)
At a sustainable pace
c)
As much as needed for realizing the Sprint Backlog items until the end of the Sprint
d)
Between 6 and 16 hours, depending on the situation
51.
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner? Select three answers.
a)
Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder involvement
b)
Lead Scrum evangelist in the organization
c)
Product Marketplace Expert
d)
Facilitator of Scrum events
e)
Product Value Maximizer
52.
What are the characteristics of a Product Backlog Item that is "Ready" for selection in a Sprint Planning? Select three answers.
a)
Somewhere at the top of the Product Backlog
b)
Can be "Done" within one Sprint
c)
Well refined
d)
Somewhere at the bottom of the Product Backlog
e)
Can be implemented within one Sprint and tested in the next Sprint
53.
Development Team maintains a Sprint burn-down to track estimated remaining work. In the middle of the Sprint, the burn down graph shows an upward spike. This indicates...
a)
A planned work is removed
b)
The Product Owner added a new item to the Sprint
c)
The Development Team added new work
54.
Which of the following is required by Scrum? Select two answers.
a)
Sprint performance measurement (the tool is optional, but the artifact is mandatory)
b)
Sprint Planning
c)
Release planning
d)
Sprint burn-down chart
e)
Project charter
55.
A Product Owner wants a story to be completed in two days. The Development Team member working on the Story reckons it will take five days. The Scrum Master feels it should take three days. A subject matter expert, who has worked on similar Stories in the past, thinks it should be at most a one day effort. Whose estimate should be used for planning?
a)
Product Owner's
b)
Scrum Master's
c)
Subject Matter Expert
d)
Development Team
56.
A Scrum Team selects a Product Backlog Item (PBI) for the Sprint Backlog. What must the Development Team do to finish the Product Backlog Item it selects?
a)
As much as can be done in the Sprint before the deadline
b)
As much as is required to satisfy the Definition of Done
c)
Analyze, design, program, test and document the Product Backlog Item
57.
Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?
a)
They will improve their definition of "Done" to include more stringent criteria
b)
A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now
c)
Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed
d)
There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint sinee time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams
58.
Technical debt... Select three answers.
a)
Reflects some extra development work
b)
Compromises long-term quality of the Product
c)
Belongs entirely to the Development Team. No one else should know about it
d)
Is a real risk which can genuinely be incurreds a lack of technical supplies
59.
Every Product Backlog Item should be created by the Product Owner personally and only then the Development Team can add details to it at the PO's discretion.
a)
False
b)
True
60.
During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?
a)
As soon as possible after they are identified
b)
When the Product Owner identifies new work.
c)
When the Scrum Master has time to enter them
d)
During the Dally Scrum after the Development Team approves them
61.
How often should Development Team membership change?
a)
Just as it would on any development team, with no special allowance for changes in productivity
b)
Every Sprint to promote shared learning
c)
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity
d)
Never, because it reduces productivity
62.
What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?
a)
The event must at least a minimum amount of time
b)
The event must happen at a set time
c)
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
d)
The event must happen by a given time
63.
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with a terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
a)
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of change, very little change may actually happen
b)
Management may feel less anxious
c)
The organization may not understand what had changed within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost
d)
AII answers apply
64.
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
a)
It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints
b)
When functional expectations are not well understood
c)
When the Product Owner is absent too often
d)
When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable
e)
When a technical dependency cannot be resolved
65.
Which of the following is not a Product Owner responsibility?
a)
Maintaining the Product Backlog with current information
b)
Working with stakeholders to determine and detail product features
c)
Assigning tasks to team members
d)
Prioritizing the Product Backlog
66.
When does the next Sprint begin?
a)
Next Monday
b)
Immediately following the next Sprint Planning
c)
When the Product Owner is ready
d)
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
67.
Who defines the Sprint Backlog scope?
a)
Product Owner
b)
Development Team
c)
Scrum Master
d)
Stakeholders
68.
Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective?
a)
Methods of communication
b)
The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning
c)
Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver
d)
All of the above
69.
The Scrum Master should not allow the Product Owner to attend the Sprint Planning if the PO is not ready with a Sprint Goal.
a)
False
b)
True
70.
What is Scrum?
a)
A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value
b)
It's not an agile Framework
c)
Scrum is a complete process to develop software
d)
None of above
71.
If a new requirement emerges once a Scrum project is running, it should be...
a)
Automatically included in the work of the project
b)
Automatically excluded and left until a later project or increment
c)
Assessed for importance and, if sufficiently important to the business, included in the project, displacing less important requirements
d)
Put on the backlog for consideration by the wider group of stakeholders after the project has been completed
72.
What attributes are optional for a Product Backlog Item? Select two answers.
a)
Estimate
b)
Order
c)
Value
d)
Test descriptions that will prove PB Item completeness when "Done"
e)
Dependencies
73.
What is meant by Team velocity in Scrum projects?
a)
Teams work less when it rains
b)
Keeping metrics of earlier work load to help with future estimates required to get the whole project done
c)
Retrospectives should include less important topics, such as the weather, as ice-breakers
d)
Estimating team efforts for completing the project
74.
The Product Owner wants to apply some non-functional requirements to the Product. What is the best way to proceed?
a)
Add the non-functional requirements to the DoD and check every Increment against these criteria
b)
Find a way to convert non-functional requirements into Product features and act accordingly
c)
Create a new Item for every requirement in the Product Backlog
d)
Non-functional requirements cannot be handled within the bounds of Scrum
75.
Which one of the following is a key feature that you would expect to find in an Agile project?
a)
System documentation created at the end of each increment, at the start of the deployment
b)
User Stories held in a spreadsheet or specialist database, where full details of user conversations are recorded for future purposes, like handover to maintenance or support
c)
User Story cards containing only enough detail for planning and development, which will need to be supplemented by further face-to-face conversations
d)
No written documentation, as all good communication is face-to-face
76.
What should the developers do if the Product Owner is repeatedly too busy to be available?
a)
Continue the work, record the assumptions and ask the customer later for input
b)
Send the customer a written warning that the end product will be completed on time, but may not meet their needs
c)
Allow the Business Analyst to take on the role of Proxy Customer Representative
d)
Draw the problem to the attention of the Scrum Master
77.
What does not belong to the agile manifesto's main pillars?
a)
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
b)
Working software over comprehensive documentation
c)
Processes over people
d)
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
78.
Please select which statement regarding the Refinement is the most accurate.
a)
Refinement is a part-time activity during a Sprint between the Product Owner and the Development Team
b)
Refinement is a full-time activity during a Sprint for the Scrum Team
c)
Refinement is a part-time activity during a Sprint between the Product Owner and the Scrum Master
d)
Refinement is a full-time activity during a Sprint between the Product Owner and the Development Team
79.
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.
a)
True
b)
False
80.
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
a)
Development Team
b)
Scrum Master
c)
Product Owner
d)
The most junior member of the Team
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